Comments on: Pass the propaganda… http://rhetorica.net/archives/1741.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dancing with Dogs http://rhetorica.net/archives/1741.html/comment-page-1#comment-1443 Dancing with Dogs Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:59:56 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=1741#comment-1443 <strong>Carnival of the Vanities #55</strong> I would have loved to come up with another new and interesting way to present the Carnival, but my brain cells have been a little too fried owing to overuse at work. So instead of making excuses, I will just get right to the entries and present them in... Carnival of the Vanities #55

I would have loved to come up with another new and interesting way to present the Carnival, but my brain cells have been a little too fried owing to overuse at work. So instead of making excuses, I will just get right to the entries and present them in…

]]> By: The Dead Parrot Society http://rhetorica.net/archives/1741.html/comment-page-1#comment-1442 The Dead Parrot Society Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:58:15 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=1741#comment-1442 <strong>A good story has more than style</strong> Andrew Cline at Rhetorica has a fascinating post on one way to improve the media: Teach these professional writers to better understand language. The habitual misuse of "rhetoric" is one good place to begin. Journalists trained in rhetoric might have h... A good story has more than style

Andrew Cline at Rhetorica has a fascinating post on one way to improve the media: Teach these professional writers to better understand language. The habitual misuse of “rhetoric” is one good place to begin. Journalists trained in rhetoric might have h…

]]> By: Lex http://rhetorica.net/archives/1741.html/comment-page-1#comment-1441 Lex Wed, 08 Oct 2003 07:29:36 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=1741#comment-1441 Journalistic competence has a moral/ethical component. Put another way, you can't report ethically unless you can report competently. Ethical journalism derives from the greatest possible degree of independence, and relying on a pundit to "tell you what it all means" forfeits a significant, and probably excessive, level of independence. Journalistic competence has a moral/ethical component. Put another way, you can’t report ethically unless you can report competently. Ethical journalism derives from the greatest possible degree of independence, and relying on a pundit to “tell you what it all means” forfeits a significant, and probably excessive, level of independence.

]]> By: nels http://rhetorica.net/archives/1741.html/comment-page-1#comment-1440 nels Tue, 07 Oct 2003 19:51:49 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=1741#comment-1440 If you want to know why Americans think Saddam was involved in 911 you have to look outside politics and into the world of psychology. People have an easier time dealing with things that are tangible than ideas that are not. In this example since Saddam and OBL are disliked and easily associated with terrorism it is simply easy for people to accept them as an object to dispel negative emotion onto. If you want to know why Americans think Saddam was involved in 911 you have to look outside politics and into the world of psychology. People have an easier time dealing with things that are tangible than ideas that are not. In this example since Saddam and OBL are disliked and easily associated with terrorism it is simply easy for people to accept them as an object to dispel negative emotion onto.

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